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b: refs/heads/master
c: 4b7384f
h: refs/heads/master
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  224835: 687f0b3
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: f404c2fea37e02bec7c8b6edddf5edd22ca60505
+refs/heads/master: 4b7384f936817489a4172b9c5d946f63f479ca15

trunk/Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ you can do so by typing:
 As of the Linux 2.6.10 kernel, it is now possible to change the
 IO scheduler for a given block device on the fly (thus making it possible,
 for instance, to set the CFQ scheduler for the system default, but
-set a specific device to use the deadline or noop schedulers - which
+set a specific device to use the anticipatory or noop schedulers - which
 can improve that device's throughput).
 
 To set a specific scheduler, simply do this:
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ a "cat /sys/block/DEV/queue/scheduler" - the list of valid names
 will be displayed, with the currently selected scheduler in brackets:
 
 # cat /sys/block/hda/queue/scheduler
-noop deadline [cfq]
-# echo deadline > /sys/block/hda/queue/scheduler
+noop anticipatory deadline [cfq]
+# echo anticipatory > /sys/block/hda/queue/scheduler
 # cat /sys/block/hda/queue/scheduler
-noop [deadline] cfq
+noop [anticipatory] deadline cfq

trunk/Documentation/filesystems/xfs-delayed-logging-design.txt

@@ -794,6 +794,17 @@ designed.
 
 Roadmap:
 
+2.6.37 Remove experimental tag from mount option
+	=> should be roughly 6 months after initial merge
+	=> enough time to:
+		=> gain confidence and fix problems reported by early
+		   adopters (a.k.a. guinea pigs)
+		=> address worst performance regressions and undesired
+		   behaviours
+		=> start tuning/optimising code for parallelism
+		=> start tuning/optimising algorithms consuming
+		   excessive CPU time
+
 2.6.39 Switch default mount option to use delayed logging
 	=> should be roughly 12 months after initial merge
 	=> enough time to shake out remaining problems before next round of

trunk/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt

@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
 
 	elevator=	[IOSCHED]
-			Format: {"cfq" | "deadline" | "noop"}
+			Format: {"anticipatory" | "cfq" | "deadline" | "noop"}
 			See Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt and
 			Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt for details.
 

trunk/Documentation/leds-class.txt

@@ -60,18 +60,15 @@ Hardware accelerated blink of LEDs
 
 Some LEDs can be programmed to blink without any CPU interaction. To
 support this feature, a LED driver can optionally implement the
-blink_set() function (see <linux/leds.h>). To set an LED to blinking,
-however, it is better to use use the API function led_blink_set(),
-as it will check and implement software fallback if necessary.
-
-To turn off blinking again, use the API function led_brightness_set()
-as that will not just set the LED brightness but also stop any software
-timers that may have been required for blinking.
-
-The blink_set() function should choose a user friendly blinking value
-if it is called with *delay_on==0 && *delay_off==0 parameters. In this
-case the driver should give back the chosen value through delay_on and
-delay_off parameters to the leds subsystem.
+blink_set() function (see <linux/leds.h>). If implemented, triggers can
+attempt to use it before falling back to software timers. The blink_set()
+function should return 0 if the blink setting is supported, or -EINVAL
+otherwise, which means that LED blinking will be handled by software.
+
+The blink_set() function should choose a user friendly blinking
+value if it is called with *delay_on==0 && *delay_off==0 parameters. In
+this case the driver should give back the chosen value through delay_on
+and delay_off parameters to the leds subsystem.
 
 Setting the brightness to zero with brightness_set() callback function
 should completely turn off the LED and cancel the previously programmed